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Chan Su Ling

Chan Su Ling was profiled in 2025 for strategy work, mentoring women and training younger BJJ athletes.

Biography

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a grappling sport, held Chan Su Ling’s interest where other exercise had not. In R.AGE’s 2014 portrait, she balanced work with morning conditioning and two daily two-hour mat sessions, five days a week. Marcos Escobar trained her at Leverage in Kuala Lumpur. Her advertising job financed competition. Despite that routine, she doubted her progress; a training injury worried her ahead of a planned May Worlds appearance. By December 2019, Chan was describing what competition asked of her beyond physical preparation. Guest-curating Strands of Genius as Ensemble Worldwide’s head of strategy in Kuala Lumpur, she wrote about regularly traveling to compete, including Worlds in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. To manage her nerves, she had begun exploring mental training. She felt the benefits extended to work and everyday life. Campaign Asia’s January 2025 profile showed another side of that work: Chan was leading strategy and planning at Mediabrands Content Studio. Her Action framework tackled business problems through strategy. She mentored women at the agency in how to present and speak in public, and brought voice acting and gaming experience to advertising. Away from the agency, she was training younger BJJ athletes, with a stated hope of helping Malaysia win SEA Games gold in 2027.

Sources for this profile

  • R.AGE, February 2014.(opens in a new tab)

    • In a 2014 portrait, advertising planner Chan Su Ling said BJJ engaged her after other exercise had not. Training with Marcos Escobar at Leverage in Kuala Lumpur, she fitted two daily two-hour mat sessions, five days a week, plus morning conditioning around work, which financed competition. She still felt she had more to learn, and a training injury worried her ahead of a planned May Worlds appearance.

      Where in the source: Training, work and closing reflection.

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  • Strands of Genius, December 2019.(opens in a new tab)

    • Writing as a guest curator in December 2019, Chan identified herself as Ensemble Worldwide’s head of strategy in Kuala Lumpur. She described regular BJJ competition, including Worlds in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and exploring mental preparation to handle competition nerves; she felt it also helped at work and in life.

      Where in the source: Curator introduction and sports-psychology section.

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  • Campaign Asia, January 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • Campaign Asia’s January 2025 profile described Chan leading strategy and planning at Mediabrands Content Studio. Her Action framework translated business problems into strategies; she mentored women in presentation and public speaking, and connected voice acting and gaming experience with advertising. The profile also described her training younger BJJ athletes, hoping they would help Malaysia win SEA Games gold in 2027.

      Where in the source: Career, mentoring and closing paragraph.

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